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- 01. Basic Information
- 02. Products/Services
- 03. Facilities
- 04. Workforce
- 05. Financial Information
- 06. Company History
- 07. Corporate Strategy
- 08. Management
- 09. Stockholders
- 10. Board of Directors
- 11. Lenders
- 12. Parent Company
- 13. Subsidiaries
- 14. Industry
- 15. Competitors
- 16. Raw Materials/ Suppliers
- 17. Transportation/ Distribution/ Dissemination
- 18. Utilities
- 19. Customers/ Clients
- 20. Safety and Health
- 21. Environmental
- 22. Other Regulatory /Legal
- 23. Community
- 24. Political
18.1 List the primary utilities utilized (electricity, gas, water, telephone, etc.).
18.2 List firms that provide utilities.
18.3 Are any of the providers unionized?
Firms require utilities to create products and services. Understanding their use of utilities can be very important, especially when researching manufacturing firms. For example, in their campaign against Rio Tinto at an aluminum facility in Quebec, the Steelworkers discovered that the company was selling back electricity to the province during a lockout for $15 million a month. This became an important part of their campaign.
Workers are the best source for identifying utilities. Some information may be found on the company’s Annual Return available from Companies House WebCHeck and the company web site.